Orić suspected of racketeering

Former Hague accused and Bosnian Muslim wartime commander in Srebrenica Naser Oric has been arrested in Sarajevo in a Federal police operation. According to unofficial information, Oric was arrested for racketeering together with Damir Fazlic, a controversial businessman already under investigation for fraud. Oric suspected of racketeering A further two suspects were taken in for informative questioning, one of whom is said to be from Serbia. The operation was carried out on the orders of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecution. According to information currently at hand, the other two suspects are Nedim Sahimpasic and a Serbian national going by the nickname of “Switch“. The men are suspected of various criminal activities, including racketeering several hundred thousand Bosnian convertible marks. Federal MUP spokesman Robert Cvrtak was, as ever, reluctant to go into details. “Currently we can only confirm that Federal Police Department operatives, together with colleagues from the canton, have arrested two individuals in the act of commiting a crime in the Ilidza region,“ he said. “We have also brought in another two persons for questioning, certain police activities are still ongoing so I can’t go into a lot of detail,“ said Cvrtak. The suspects arrested with Oric are not known to media in Bosnia or in neighboring countries. Sahimpasic is the the son of Gorazde businessman Senad Sahimpasic, a close friend and colleague of Party of Democratic Action leader Bakir Izetbegovic. Fazlic is a businessman whose name has been been linked to numerous scandals, not only in Bosnia-Hercegovina, but in Serbia and Croatia too. The late Zoran Djindjic’s former adviser Vladimir Popovic claimed on a number of occasions to have documentation on Fazlic pertaining to his criminal activities in Serbia and his links to the so-called Tobacco Mafia and its ringleaders, while he was also questioned by Serbian police in connection to Djindjic’s murder. Fazlic was also once a close adviser to Federal Prime Minister Ethem Bicakcic, and he played a leading role in the privatization of tobacco plants in Sarajevo and Mostar. The scale of the crimes in question is still unclear, but the operation launched yesterday following a lengthy investigation has yet to end and more arrests can be expected.

Orić suspected of racketeering

A further two suspects were taken in for informative questioning, one of whom is said to be from Serbia. The operation was carried out on the orders of the Sarajevo Canton Prosecution.

According to information currently at hand, the other two suspects are Nedim Šahimpašić and a Serbian national going by the nickname of “Switch“.

The men are suspected of various criminal activities, including racketeering several hundred thousand Bosnian convertible marks.

Federal MUP spokesman Robert Cvrtak was, as ever, reluctant to go into details.

“Currently we can only confirm that Federal Police Department operatives, together with colleagues from the canton, have arrested two individuals in the act of commiting a crime in the Ilidža region,“ he said.

“We have also brought in another two persons for questioning, certain police activities are still ongoing so I can’t go into a lot of detail,“ said Cvrtak.

The suspects arrested with Orić are not known to media in Bosnia or in neighboring countries.

Šahimpašić is the the son of Goražde businessman Senad Šahimpašić, a close friend and colleague of Party of Democratic Action leader Bakir Izetbegović.

Fazlić is a businessman whose name has been been linked to numerous scandals, not only in Bosnia-Hercegovina, but in Serbia and Croatia too.

The late Zoran Đinđić’s former adviser Vladimir Popović claimed on a number of occasions to have documentation on Fazlić pertaining to his criminal activities in Serbia and his links to the so-called Tobacco Mafia and its ringleaders, while he was also questioned by Serbian police in connection to Đinđić’s murder.

Fazlić was also once a close adviser to Federal Prime Minister Ethem Bičakčić, and he played a leading role in the privatization of tobacco plants in Sarajevo and Mostar.

The scale of the crimes in question is still unclear, but the operation launched yesterday following a lengthy investigation has yet to end and more arrests can be expected.